4:13 PM ET The NBA and ESPN are finalizing plans to televise a H-O-R-S-E shooting competition, with stars Chris Paul of Oklahoma City, Trae Young of Atlanta and Zach LaVine of Chicago among those expected to participate, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The competition will include a couple of WNBA stars and fairly recent NBA
4:27 PM ET Add Nick Saban to the list of people who’ve had to find new ways to work while social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Alabama football coach said Wednesday that he finally has his own email account. “I’ve come a long way,” Saban said during an Instagram Live with ESPN’s Maria Taylor.
7:00 AM ET If the question of when, where and how Major League Baseball begins its 2020 season is still completely up in the air, just imagine how the 250-plus minor league teams across the country must be feeling right now. Unlike the majors, there seemingly are only best- and worst-case scenarios for minor league
3:10 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady joined Howard Stern on Sirius XM Radio on Wednesday for a two-plus-hour conversation. He revealed a number of things, from what his relationship with Patriots coach Bill Belichick was like, to when he knew he was going to leave New England, to how
7:00 AM ET TWO WEEKS AFTER the levees buckled and the waters rushed in, Marc Delpit sits in the belly of a helicopter and looks out over his house. At what used to be his house. He and his wife, Endya, designed it themselves, six years earlier in ’99. They had grown up in New
2:22 PM ET Associated Press Alexis Lafrenière, as expected, maintained the top spot in the NHL Central Scouting Bureau’s final ranking of draft-eligible prospects released Wednesday. What remains uncertain for the 18-year-old Rimouski Oceanic forward and hundreds of fellow prospects is learning when and by whom they will be selected. Forward Quinton Byfield and defenseman
2:22 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers coach Matt Rhule said Wednesday during a video conference that it was the “best thing for our team” to move on from quarterback Cam Newton and move forward with Teddy Bridgewater. Rhule expressed appreciation for what Newton did for the organization since being the first pick of
1:16 PM ET A bat used by New York Yankees legend Lou Gehrig that dated back to 1922 was sold for $1,025,000 by Heritage Auctions in Dallas this past week. The auction house initially had the item up for auction in the February lot with a $950,000 reserve. The bat did not meet the reserve,
1:15 PM ET Jameis Winston said Wednesday that it’s an honor that it took the best quarterback of all time to replace him with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Winston was asked by Fox News about the Buccaneers signing Tom Brady to be the team’s starter and what his future looks like as a free agent.
1:42 PM ET Sal D’Amato was sitting in the airport lounge, getting ready to board a flight to return to the United States just hours after the conclusion of UFC Brasilia — the promotion’s empty-arena event on March 14 in Brazil’s capital city. D’Amato, who is one of the most active mixed martial arts judges